Park or area feeAsiaYourself or an operatorCheck · Sep 2026
Raja Ampat marine fee
An environmental service fee (the Raja Ampat entry tag) for every visitor, valid for a year, that pays for the marine protected areas.
The permit
- Who issues it
- Raja Ampat Regency government
- How to get it
- Yourself or an operator. Buy it at the tourist information desk in Sorong or Waisai, or let your homestay or liveaboard arrange it.
- Lead time
- On arrival · On arrival; bring cash in case card terminals are down.
- Cost (check)
- About Rp700,000–1,000,000 for foreign visitors (check).
- Documents
- Passport
- If you skip it
- Rangers and dive operators check the tag; without it you pay on the spot or are refused dives.
- Official site
- Paid locally; the Regency's own website is often unreachable from abroad.
Check before you pay
Fees, quotas and closed areas change, sometimes with days of notice. These figures were last checked in Sep 2026; confirm on the official site or with a licensed operator before you book flights.